Description: This late middle aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the south to a Stylist, Balimaar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He became a Stylist soon after.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 18000 sp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Malachite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He sports a flattop hair cut. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Engraver, but he got bored and became a Detective. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a green collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His tied-back hair is auburn. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 230 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and carries whips. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has worked as a Dyer like his mother before him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 sp.